Countries took strong measures against Covid-19, when an outbreak broke out from China and appeared on every continent.

Covid-19 has now appeared in 84 countries and territories around the world, seriously threatening the health of people and economies of many countries, forcing governments to make drastic policies to cope. .

Since the beginning of the outbreak in Wuhan City, Hubei Province in early December 2019, China has applied strong quarantine measures such as restricting travel, establishing large quarantine areas and complete blockade. all cities.

The country also mobilized self-governing teams and volunteers in every ward and commune to carry out one of the largest social control campaigns in history, affecting about 780 million people. The objective of the campaign is to prevent people in residential areas and villages from meeting and interacting with each other, except family members, to combat the current epidemic.

Although China has many high-tech surveillance tools, the main control measures are still implemented by hundreds of thousands of community employees and self-governing team members. They check people 's body temperature, record their travel activities, monitor isolation and the most important task is to prevent people from other regions from being able to carry nCoV.

According to China's Ministry of Finance, up to two-thirds of all governments in this country have spent a total of 108.75 billion yuan ($ 15.58 billion) from special funds to respond to Covid- 19.

Up to now, China's epidemic efforts have shown initial results as new infections and deaths continue to decline. China today recorded an additional 119 new cases and 38 deaths, far below the thousands of new cases and the deaths reached more than 100 a few weeks ago.

Beijing authorities on March 3 announced that all visitors from South Korea, Japan, Iran and Italy would be forced to quarantine 14 days. Earlier, the city of Shanghai also announced that it would force tourists who have traveled through countries with "relatively serious epidemics" to take similar quarantine measures. This is considered one of China's efforts to avoid "contagious" nCoV from other countries.

In the Middle East, Iran is the country with the highest number of deaths outside mainland China. As of March 4, Iran recorded more than 2,300 nCoV infections, including 77 deaths.

Iran detected the first cases of nCoV in Qom City on February 19, and the number of cases subsequently increased day by day. However, the government is believed to be subjective in the work of the Covid-19 room when there is no plan to block the cities or towns where the epidemic has spread. At the heart of the Qom epidemic, although authorities have urged people not to gather in large numbers, mosques, which often welcome believers, remain open.

The situation got worse, as many senior Iranian officials were positive for nCoV, including Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar and Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi. An advisory board member to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also died on March 3 of a virus infection.

Nevertheless, Supreme Leader Khamenei still believes that the current situation is not too serious and urges people to follow personal hygiene guidelines recommended by health officials. "This is just a temporary problem, not too worrisome. Things like this have happened in our country. I don't want to underestimate the situation, but I shouldn't exaggerate it," he said.

In an effort to stop Covid-19, Iran yesterday announced it would temporarily release more than 54,000 prisoners with negative test results with nCoV. However, prisoners with long sentences and considered dangerous to the community are not released.

Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki said 300,000 working groups would begin the task of tracking and detecting suspected Covid-19 infections nationwide since March 2. They will go to each house to identify and detect suspected cases as soon as possible to take them to health centers.

In the affected provinces, schools were shut down, sports competitions, movie premier events, and art gallery opening were also delayed.

Iran has not banned its citizens from traveling abroad, but neighboring countries such as Turkey, Pakistan and Iraq have closed the border. Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have suspended flights from Iran.

In South Korea, where the world's second-largest number of nCoV cases is known, just after mainland China, President Moon Jae-in declared a "war" against the epidemic and placed all government agencies in status "alarm 24/24".

The Korean government has planned an additional 25 billion USD to cope with the epidemic. The National Assembly has approved an additional budget of 9.8 billion USD to combat Covid-19 and minimize economic losses, of which 1.9 billion USD will be allocated to provide additional medical equipment, beds. diseases and means of treatment for patients.

The officials who tested it will expand the nCoV test to people in the Daegu epidemic after they have completed testing for Tan Thien Dia believers who show symptoms of virus infection.

Seoul city authorities are proposing to investigate cardinal Lee Man-hee and eleven Tianjin leaders on murder and other criminal charges. They believe that Tan Thien Dia contributed to the increase in the number of people killed by the Covid-19 epidemic when it initially refused to hand over the full list of cult members to the government.

The Daegu government has ordered 2.5 million people not to leave the home, close the kindergarten and postpone enlistment with the people in the city. Health officials urge people across the country to keep distance from others and avoid crowds, such as religious ceremonies or weekend protests.

Korea will also postpone the opening of the new school year at all schools for two weeks, students will continue to leave school until March 23. The Ministry of Education announced that it will provide e-textbooks and online classes to help students not be behind schedule or lack of knowledge.

In Japan, the country is recording 331 cases and 6 deaths due to nCoV, in addition to common measures such as compulsory quarantine, cancellation of mass gatherings or propaganda, the Prime Minister's administration. Shinzo Abe is calling on the people to cooperate to repel Covid-19.

Last week, Prime Minister Abe announced that he would close schools across the country, but the move was met with strong public outcry. Many people believe that school closures will disrupt their lives, and this is not an effective measure to help prevent epidemics.

"This seems like a really radical and abrupt measure," said Chelsea Szendi Schieder, associate professor of economics at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. "Its impact on the people and their daily life will be great and I'm not sure it is worth doing, in terms of public health."

Kentaro Iwata, an infectious disease expert at Kobe University, said that school closures are not a good medical measure. "Basically, children are not easily infected with nCoV and even when infected, they rarely experience serious complications," he said.

Toshihito Kumagai, the governor of China province, east of Tokyo, said he was shocked by the proposal to close schools and worried about the ability of parents to work in jobs such as doctors and social workers. , the police or the fire. "Society will be in turmoil," he warned.

However, at a press conference on February 29, Prime Minister Abe emphasized that the government will take measures to support parents who have to leave home to care for their children because schools are closed.

The Japanese government will increase the number of available beds from 2,000 to 5,000 in hospitals designated for treatment of nCoV-infected patients, in case of a sharp increase in cases. Mr. Abe also affirmed that he would endeavor to strengthen national testing capacity and allow health insurance to cover the costs of nCoV testing.

In Italy, the northern region of the country, especially the Lombardy and Veneto regions, is currently the center of Covid-19 in Europe. Italy has so far recorded more than 3,000 infections and more than 100 deaths from nCoV. To prevent the epidemic from spreading, Italy sealed off 11 towns, closed schools, companies ordered employees to work at home and many theaters, bars and cinemas ceased operations.

The Venice government also decided to cancel the last two days of the Carnival, which attracts thousands of participants each year. In addition, a part of southern Milan, where the first cases of nCoV was reported in Italy, was isolated.

In the remaining areas, the authorities are aggressively taking preventive measures such as regular disinfection in public places and propagating and educating people on self-protection.

Italian health officials at the frontline are struggling to cope with the rapidly rising number of cases. A Lombardy doctor described Covid-19 as a "tsunami" sweeping his hospital, when more than 100 of the 120 cases of nCoV were infected with pneumonia.

Silvio Brusaferro, president of the Italian National Institutes of Health, said this week would be a decisive time to evaluate whether the government's measures to combat nCoV are effective.

"If the number of infections decreases in the next 7 days, it means that the blockade and other combination measures have worked," he told La Repubblica newspaper on March 1.

The US government announced earlier this month that the nCoV would cause a public health emergency and prohibit entry to foreign nationals without U.S. relatives or permanent residents if they arrive in China within 14 days.

On February 25, the US raised its travel alert to South Korea, demanding that Americans should travel to the country if it is not absolutely necessary, due to the "widespread spread in the community".

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that all passengers from countries with high risk of nCoV infection to the US will be checked before boarding and after landing. However, he did not specify the name of the country.

Delta Air Lines announced the same day it would postpone flights to Milan, north of Italy, until May. American Airlines had a similar move the previous day.

The Ministry of Health said the US currently has 75,000 nCoV tests and will "rapidly" increase the number in the coming weeks.

Vice President Mike Pence, who led the US government's anti-nCoV effort, said the government signed a contract with a company to produce an additional 35 million masks each month. He urged the American people to refrain from buying masks because, he said, health workers are the ones who need them most.

Washington is considering closing the southern border with Mexico to prevent the spread of nCoV. Mexico has so far recorded 4 cases of nCoV.